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UN Security Council

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the UN Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. Organized to function continuously, a representative of each of its members must be present at all times at United Nations Headquarters. The Council consists of 15 members: five permanent members with veto power (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America) and ten non-permanent members (Membership: Bolivia (2018), Egypt (2017), Ethiopia (2018), Italy (2018), Japan (2017), Kazakhstan (2018), Senegal (2017), Sweden (2018), Ukraine (2017), Uruguay (2017)) five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a two-year term.  Website: www.un.org/en/sc/
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Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 30 August to 17 November 2016

7 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 4 September to 19 November 2014

1 December 2014 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 450 (1979) [Israel-Lebanon]

14 June 1979 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 444 (1979) [Israel-Lebanon]

19 January 1979 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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